TJ Riles

Height:
6-1
Weight:
200
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Atlanta, Ga.
Prev School:
Wallace CC-Dothan
Major:
communications

Wallace Community College-Dothan (2016): Helped Governors to a 36-24 overall record under coach Mackey Sasser … Teammate of Hunter Wood … Earned Alabama Community College Conference (ACCC) First-Team All-Conference honors after batting .386 (71-for-184) with four home runs and 43 RBI … Laced 15 doubles and 10 triples, while scoring 38 runs … Swiped 23 of 26 bases … Registered 22 multi-hit and 10 multi-RBI games … Tallied a season-high four hits at West Georgia Technical College (2/19/16) … Drove in a season-high five runs at Wallace CC-Selma (4/30/16) in game two of a doubleheader … Stole two or more bases in five games with a personal-best four at West Georgia Technical College (2/19/16) … Scored multiple runs in a contest nine times … Registered a season-long 10 game hit streak from April 21 to May 6 where he batted .527 (19-for-36) with 10 extra base hits, 18 RBI and nine runs … Also added hit streaks of six, seven and eight games … Earned ACCC All-Tournament Team honors … Named ACCC Player-of-the-Week (2/26/16) after batting .667 with two home runs and four RBI … He also added three triples, three walks, scored seven runs and stole six bases … Stood among the ACCC leaders (top 25) in 13 offensive categories including triples (first), stolen bases (second), total bases (118/second), hits (third), slugging percentage (.641/fourth) and doubles (fifth).

Georgia Perimeter College (2015): Helped GPC to a 31-26 record … Appeared in 33 games where he batted .320 (24-for-75) with one home run and seven RBI … Laced five doubles, scored 16 runs and was a perfect 9-for-9 on the base paths … Recorded six multi-hit and one multi-RBI game … Homered against East Mississippi CC (2/6/15) where he also drove in a season-high two runs … Scored a pair of runs in a contest twice (Chattanooga State CC and Oglethorpe University) … Swiped two bases in a game three times.

Woodland High School: Six-year letterwinner for the Wolfpack (baseball 3, basketball 3) … Played last two seasons under coach Michael Hardy helping him to a 29-25 record … Two-time High School All-Star by the Atlanta Braves .400 Fan Club (junior and senior) … As a junior batted .516 earning first-team all-regional honors … Closed out prep career batting .427 (35-for-82) with three home runs and 22 RBI … Appeared in 28 games scoring 45 runs, lacing 12 doubles and four triples … Team captain … Drew 25 walks to just 11 strikeouts … Sported a .577 on-base percentage … Swiped 25 of 26 bases … Tallied nine multi-hit and five multi-RBI games … Recorded a season-high four hits on two occasions (Stockbridge HS and Riverdale HS) … Drove in a career-best five runs against Riverdale (4/21/14) where he was a single away from hitting for the cycle … Belted a pair of home runs against Veterans HS (5/2/14) in game one of a doubleheader … Scored multiple runs in a contest 15 times with a season-best four against Riverdale (4/21/14) … Originally signed to play baseball at Kennesaw State out of high school … Played travel ball for Marucci Elite under direction of coach Chad Railey … Ranked as the 39th-best Georgia prospect by Baseball America … 2013 Underclass Third-Team Underclass Preseason All-American … In 2014, rated as the 11th-best outfielder and No. 29 overall prospect in the state of Georgia by Perfect Game … Also tabbed as the 75th-best outfielder and 354th national prospect by Perfect Game in 2014 … 2014 Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-America and Second-Team All-Southeast selection … Played in several showcase events including 2010 WWBA 2014 Grads or 14U National Championships in Marietta, Ga., 2011 15U BCS Finals in Fort Myers, Fla., 2011 WWBA 2014 Grads or 15U National Championships in Marietta, Ga., 2012-13 WWBA World Championships in Jupiter, Fla., 2012 WWBA Underclass World Championships in Fort Myers, Fla., 2012 Southeast Underclass Showcase in Marietta, Ga. (named top prospect list), 2012 WWBA 2014 Grads or 16U National Championships in Marietta, Ga., 2012 16U Perfect Game-East Cobb Invitational in Marietta, Ga. (all-tournament team), 2013 17U Perfect Gam World Series in Goodyear, Ariz., 2013 WWBA 2014 Grads or 17U National Championships in Marietta, Ga., (all-tournament team), 2013 National Showcase in Minneapolis, Minn., 2013 17U/18U Perfect Game-East Cobb Invitational in Marietta, Ga. (all-tournament team), 2014 18U BCS Finals in Fort Myers, Fla. (all-tournament team), 2014 WWBA 2014 Grads or 18U National Championships in Cartersville, Ga. and 2014 18U Perfect Game-East Cobb Invitational in Cartersville, Ga

Personal: Full name is Ernest Thomas Joseph Riles, but prefers to go by T.J. … Born in Tallahassee, Fla. … Son of Carol and Ernest Riles … Has two siblings (Kelli and Kamri) … Father spent nine years playing Major League Baseball (1985-93) with the Milwaukee Brewers, San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics, Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox … Sister Kelli was a four-year letterwinner at UNC Asheville (basketball) and is currently playing professionally overseas … Other sister Kamri (two-time All-American) was a four-year member of the University of Bridgeport’s Gymnastics squad that won three-straight USAG National Championships titles … Intended major is communications with a minor in criminology.